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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 1
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Jeremiah foreordained to be a prophet unto the nations—He is called, as a mortal, to declare the word of the Lord.
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The</span> words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that <i>were</i> in <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 29: 27.">Anathoth</a> in the land of Benjamin:
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To whom the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 3; Jer. 36: 2.">year</a> of his reign.
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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 52: 15.">carrying</a> away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
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Then the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Before I <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/5a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 44: 2 (2, 24); Isa. 49: 5; TG Man, Antemortal Existence of.">formed</a> thee in the belly I <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Foreknowledge of.">knew</a> thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/1/5c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Birth Control; TG Sanctification.">sanctified</a> thee, <i>and</i> I <sup>d</sup><a href="jer/1/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Called of God; TG Foreordination; TG Priesthood, Keys; TG Priesthood, Ordination.">ordained</a> thee a prophet unto the <sup>e</sup><a href="jer/1/5e" mark="e" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 15 (15-29); Jer. 46: 1.">nations</a>.
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Then said I, Ah, Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>!  behold, I cannot <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 4: 10; D&C 60: 2 (2-3); Moses 6: 31 (31-34).">speak</a>: for I <i>am</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/6b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB youth (also v. 7).">child</a>.
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&#182; But the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto me, Say not, I <i>am</i> a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within.">send</a> thee, and whatsoever I <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 28: 20; 1 Ne. 3: 7.">command</a> thee thou shalt <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/1/7c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Mission of; TG Teaching with the Spirit.">speak</a>.
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Be not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 51: 12 (12-13); Ezek. 2: 6; Matt. 10: 28; D&C 3: 1 (1-5).">afraid</a> of their faces: for I <i>am</i> with thee to deliver thee, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Then the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> put forth his hand, and touched my <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 6: 7.">mouth</a>.  And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto me, Behold, I have put my <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prophecy.">words</a> in thy <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/1/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 4: 12 (12-16).">mouth</a>.
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See, I have this day <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Delegation of Responsibility.">set</a> thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 18: 7.">pull</a> down, and to destroy, and to <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/1/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 45: 4.">throw</a> down, to <sup>d</sup><a href="jer/1/10d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Mission of.">build</a>, and to plant.
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&#182; Moreover the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Visions.">seest</a> thou?  And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
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Then said the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
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And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou?  And I said, I see a <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR boiling.">seething</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 24: 3 (3-5).">pot</a>; and the face thereof <i>is</i> toward the north.
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Then the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto me, Out of the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 4: 6; Jer. 6: 1; Jer. 10: 22; Ezek. 26: 7.">north</a> an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
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For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 39: 3.">gates</a> of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
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And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 19: 4.">forsaken</a> me, and have burned incense unto other <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Idolatry.">gods</a>, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
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&#182; Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
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For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/18a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR rulers, or officers.">princes</a> thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
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And they shall <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/1/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Rejection of.">fight</a> against thee; but they shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/1/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 16; D&C 121: 11 (7-15).">prevail</a> against thee; for I <i>am</i> with thee, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to deliver thee.
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